Transgender people: Building a reality of rights
On 17 May 2012, via an online press conference, The Latin American and the Caribbean Network of Transgender People REDLACTRANS, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance and Regional UNAIDS launched a...
View ArticleBrave OAS resolution on Human Rights
In his opening speech to the General Assembly, OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, set the tone, recognising that “Habitually in our countries the rights of minorities are overlooked. However,...
View ArticleSex worker with HIV prosecuted in Bolivia
A 25-year old female sex worker and mother of two working in Sucre and Potosí, Bolivia, received the rare sentence of home arrest for continuing to work after being diagnosed HIV positive. The facts...
View ArticleLatin America pursuing identity
Here in Latin America, 2013/2014 has been a good year. The recent progress in political commitments has been consolidated. A clear example of this was the brave statement made by the Organization of...
View ArticleThe AIDS world in mourning
On this side of the world we woke up yesterday to the terrible news that a flight bound for Kuala Lumpur was shot down by a land-to-air missile, allegedly fired by a pro-Russian separatist militia in...
View ArticleLatin America provides feedback to the development of the Global Fund Strategy
The Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF) is developing its new strategy available until 2021. In this context, in June 2015 an online survey was conducted with civil society actors in...
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